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  • Zemo
    Still Smokin'
    • Feb 14, 2006
    • 3888

    3d plastic printer

    I just saw this on cnn. I hadn't seen it before. looks like it would have a lot of possibilities.


    http://www.makerbot.com/
  • jimsmegos
    Mego Dork
    • Nov 9, 2008
    • 4519

    #2
    To me this is going to be the most awesome new thing... even more so than the i-whatever. My reason being that imagine being able to see an item for sale on TV but then being able to immediately purchase and "print it off". Christmas shopping made easy!

    Simply pay via Credit Card, download the items code directly to the printer, press 'enter' and wah lah! Instant new do-dad.

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    • jimsmegos
      Mego Dork
      • Nov 9, 2008
      • 4519

      #3
      Hoy crapola- This could even evolve to the point of literally being able to fax someone a beer! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5TPclRhQ6s

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      • LadyZod
        Superman's Gal Pal
        • Jan 27, 2007
        • 1803

        #4
        I believe LaserMego has one of the makerbot printers.

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        • jacsfc
          Career Member
          • Aug 2, 2004
          • 635

          #5
          This printer will not do that at all. All it can do is make the plastic shell of an item. No electronics, No moving parts. It could be used to duplicate mego parts in pieces.

          Originally posted by jimsmegos
          To me this is going to be the most awesome new thing... even more so than the i-whatever. My reason being that imagine being able to see an item for sale on TV but then being able to immediately purchase and "print it off". Christmas shopping made easy!

          Simply pay via Credit Card, download the items code directly to the printer, press 'enter' and wah lah! Instant new do-dad.

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          • Tothiro
            Kitten Mittens
            • Aug 28, 2008
            • 1342

            #6
            Originally posted by jacsfc
            This printer will not do that at all. All it can do is make the plastic shell of an item. No electronics, No moving parts. It could be used to duplicate mego parts in pieces.
            Actually you can make structures with interior moving parts, maybe not on makebot but with similar higher end printers. It requires a separate material spool for a soluble material so the machine can form "floating" pieces that are kept in place until finished. So one might hope that the cost comes down and something more versatile isn't far off.

            Jay Leno illustrates on youtube
            - (example of single build working crescent wrench at 5:10)

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            • emeraldknight47
              Talkative Member
              • Jun 20, 2011
              • 5212

              #7
              This is such a cool device and it opens the doors to so many new possibilities within our hobby! Stuff that would have been next to impossible before now seems within reach! I'd love to see one of these in person and operating!
              sigpic Oh then, what's this? Big flashy lighty thing, that's what brought me here! Big flashy lighty things have got me written all over them. Not actually. But give me time. And a crayon.

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              • bizzaro megomauler
                WANTED for card bending
                • Apr 26, 2008
                • 1052

                #8
                i want one of these, but how does one load an original to replicate?

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                • Tothiro
                  Kitten Mittens
                  • Aug 28, 2008
                  • 1342

                  #9
                  Originally posted by bizzaro megomauler
                  i want one of these, but how does one load an original to replicate?
                  People swap CAD files of various models... It's like having an ebook file and telling your printer to print it.
                  New models have to be CAD designed in the computer or scanned in as the guy illustrates in the link in my last post.

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